Monday 30 June 2008

Update

Happy 65th Birthday Dad and Happy Birthday Nick!
We are all doing great! William is well. Recently he had a high temperature which resolved without antibiotics, that immune system is really doing it's stuff. We also thought that he might have been getting chicken pox after a close encounter but we gave him a precautionary extra dose of immunoglobulins and he didn't, phew! Mum has had her last dose of chemo (fingers crossed) and is recovering from that, she has been amazing through it all. We are just trying to do 'normal' things and make the most of everything. We went camping the other weekend in, yes you've guessed it north Devon and even managed to fit in another 'Just a walk' press interview!
Thanks for checking in on us.
Love to you all.

Tuesday 3 June 2008

3rd June

This brave and inspiring man has only just come to my attention, where have I been? This is a very honest and massively moving account by Adrian Sudbury about his battle with leukemias and through bone marrow transplant. He is using the time that he has left to raise awareness about bone marrow transplant http://baldyblog.freshblogs.co.uk/

Sunday 1 June 2008

Just a launch on the beach

We had a fantastic day on the beach at the launch party. To see some pictures go here....www.justawalktothebeach.org/pages/morepages/gallery.htm

We had a digital camera treasure hunt, won by Andy and co (some very impressive sprinting to the carpark to get the camper van shot clinched the deal). Special mentions must also go to Ben and Sophia for moving the least and getting all the shots, zooming in on a camper van on the road was certainly a clever move, Nick and Bryony also showed exceptional dedication when they went to the beach shop and asked if they had a turtle that they could photograph (and after some rummaging in the store room found that they did!)

The sandcastle competition was certainly sandy. An impressive number of castles were built, beautiful flags displayed and a mermaid crafted. However the winners were Nick and Bryony with their inspired coffee and cake castle.
Thanks to Grandma Sue and Granma Ruth for their exemplary judging.

The leaky bucket relay was hilarious. The sea was so far away that we dug a well to race to but water supplies were limited so buckets of sand made their was back rather than water. After some questionable but highly effective tactics by Nicki the girls team were victorious.

Nicki made our delicious 'just a walk cake' with caster sugar sand, soon mixed with real sand but was much enjoyed by everyone.

Can we have a big cheer... 'HOORAH' for Tasha and Jim who cycled for 8 hours and covered about 50 miles over Exmoor to be with us on their Tandem. Sadly they didn't make it in time to get to the beach party but their achievement was amazing. To their enormous credit they also cycled back (another 5+ hours) to the station battling gale force winds, rain and thundering traffic on the Monday as many campers fled a stormy Devon.

We had a great weekend, barbeques, a pub lunch, noisy student neighbours, lots of flapping canvas, soggy stuff, catching some waves and a lot of splashing about, fabulous cooked breakfasts (cheers Ben!), walks on the beach and a few beers and most importantly amazing company. Thank you all for coming and supporting us and being the fabulous people that you all are!